School Term and Holiday Dates for 2012/13

Term 1

Wednesday 5^th September – Friday 26^th October 2012

Inset Day –  Monday 3^rd September 2012. 

Inset Day- Tuesday 4^th September 2012.

Inset Day- Monday 5^th October 2012.

October holiday –  Monday 29^th October – Friday 2^nd November 2012.

Term 2

Tuesday 6^th November– Friday 21st December 2012.

Inset Day – Monday 5^th November 2012.

Christmas holiday- Monday 24^th December 2012 – Friday 4th January 2013.

Term 3

Monday 7^th January – Friday 8^th February 2013.

February holiday – Monday 11^th February  –  Friday 15^th   February   2013.

Term 4

Monday 18^th February – Thursday 28^th March 2013.

April holiday- Friday 29^th March – Friday 12^th April 2013.

Term 5

Tuesday 16^th April – Friday 24^th May 2013.

Inset Day- Monday 15^th April 2013.

Spring Bank holiday- Monday 6^th May 2013.

Late Spring  holiday – Monday 27^th May – Friday 31^st May 2013.

Term 6

Monday 3rd June –Tuesday 23^rd July 2013.

Parent Interviews – Lists to make appointments for Parents Evening next week have been put up in the school hall.

The written reports which went out at the beginning of this week are quite comprehensive, so please only sign up for a Parent interview if you wish to discuss any issues from the report.

Year 6 reports will be delayed to await SATs results and their Parents Evening will also be delayed.

Sports  Days – A reminder that this year we are holding two separate sports days as follows:

KS1 classes (Oak, Hornbeam, Beech) – Wednesday 4^th July on our school field starting at 9.15am
(a separate letter has been sent out to parents).

KS2 classes (Ash, Rowan, Maple and Willow) – Thursday 5^th July on Langtree school field starting at

9.15am and hopefully ending by 11.30am.

Please could all children have their PE kit and appropriate running shoes and tops with their team colour:

Red Kites – Red,       Hawks – Green,         Owls – Blue,       Kestrels – Yellow,     Eagles- Orange.

Children will also need a bottle of water together with suncream and sunhat if we have hot weather.  Please can we also ask that parents do not encroach on the finish line as this makes it difficult for staff to sort and organise runners as they finish their races – Thank you.

Photographs – All orders for class photo’s or Year 6 packs to be in to the school office by next Monday

2^nd  July please so that the orders can be sent in and photos received back by the end of term.

Superschools Sponsor Money – If you have not yet sent in your child’s sponsor money, please send this in by the end of next week.

Raffle Tickets/money – Please could all raffle tickets and money be sent in by Monday next week.  If you have been unable to or do not wish to sell the tickets which have been sent to you please send them back in so that they can be sold at the Summer Fayre.

Revised Term Dates – On the back of this newsletter is a revised term dates list as the extra Inset Days have now been agreed. ( please see Term Dates category)

Reports – End of term written reports will be going out to parents next Monday 25th June.

Lists to make appointments for Parents Evening (week beginning 3rd July) will go up in the hall on Tuesday morning. The written reports are quite comprehensive, so please only sign up for Parents interviews if you wish to discuss any issues from the report.
Year 6 reports will be delayed to await SATs results and their Parents Evening will also be delayed.

Rowan class assembly – will be held next Tuesday 26th June at 9.05am. Parents welcome to join us.

Beech class assembly – will be held next Thursday 28th June at 9.05am. Parents invited to join us.

Sports Days – This year we are holding two separate sports days as follows:
KS1 classes (Oak, Hornbeam, Beech) – Wednesday 4th July on our school field starting at 9.15am
(a separate letter has been sent out to parents).
KS2 classes (Ash, Rowan, Maple and Willow) – Thursday 5th July on Langtree school field starting at 9.15 and hopefully ending by 11.30am.

Staffing – I am very pleased to inform you that we have appointed Miss Amanda Preston as our Year 1 teacher for September which will cover Miss Allen’s one year sabbatical. Miss Burrell will follow her class to Year 2 so our staffing will be as follows:
Oak class Foundation Stage Mrs Farrant
Hornbeam

Year 1

Miss Preston
Beech Year 2 Miss Burrell
Ash Year 3 Mr Dixon
Rowan Year 4 Mrs Peacock
Maple Year 5 Mr Morris
Willow Year 6 Mrs Lecorgne

Tesco Vouchers – The deadline for sending in Tesco vouchers is coming up shortly so please can you send in any Tesco vouchers that you have by next Friday 29th June so that we can send in our order.

 Jubilee Street Party – I hope your children all enjoyed our Jubilee Street Party before half term. 

The visitors and staff certainly did.  Thanks must go to the committee of staff who organised the event and ran it so successfully on the day and also to the members of the School Council who showed our visitors around the school.  We are very grateful to all parents who contributed food for the event as we could not have done it without your support.  If you have not yet collected the box or tin in which you sent your food, please ask in the school office.

Year 6 Residential Trip – Next week our Year 6 class will be going to Brecon in Wales for their week long residential trip.  The children will enjoy a whole range of outdoor adventure activities and experience a very different environment away from school.  We hope the weather is kind to them.

Oak class assembly – Tuesday 19^th June at 9.15am.  Parents are invited to join us for this assembly.

Ash class assembly – Wednesday 20^th June at 9.05am.  All parents invited.

Holidays in term time – A reminder that if you wish to take your child/children out of school for a family holiday, then a request must be made to me for approval.  Please send in a letter stating the dates of your proposed holiday so that this may be considered

Tesco Vouchers – The deadline for sending in Tesco vouchers is coming up shortly so please can you send in any Tesco vouchers that you have by Friday 29^th June so that we can send in our order.

OWLS Coffee Shop – This Saturday 16^th June OWLS (Woodcote Library) will be running the coffee shop in the Community Centre.  Please pop along to eat cake and visit the library to make a Fathers Day card.  Any cake donations would be much appreciated.